First confirmed stranding of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: San Martín, Analía Anahí, Paso Viola, María Natalia, Riccialdelli, Luciana, Torres, M.A., Dellabianca, Natalia Andrea
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; NECROPSY; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SUB-ANTARCTIC WATERS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Austral; Argentina; San Martín; Antarc*; antarcticus; Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale; Polar Biology; South Atlantic Ocean; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/144005

Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) can be found worldwide, in oceanic waters, though are rarely found in coastal areas of wide and shallow continental platforms such as those in the western South Atlantic Ocean. Here we report the first confirmed stranding of a B. physalus off the Atlantic coast of...